Flash Professional CS6 Essential Training

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5/7/2012

This course provides a solid foundation in Adobe Flash Professional CS6 and shows how to create an assortment of Flash content. Author Anastasia McCune explains the different destinations for Flash projects—mobile devices, the desktop, or the web—and where ActionScript fits into it all. She shows how to create a new project, structure document layers and arrange objects on the Timeline, and how to get started drawing basic shapes and incorporate text, images, audio, and video. The course also explains the different types of symbols and tweens in Flash, and how to use them to build and animate content. The final chapters outline the publishing options available for Flash projects, including Adobe AIR.

Topics include:

Choosing a document type

Working with panels and workspaces

Importing bitmap and vector graphics into a project

Understanding the Timeline and frame rate

Defining frames and keyframes

Creating button, graphic, and movie clip symbols

Nesting timelines

Building shape tweens and motion tweens

Defining inverse kinematic (IK) motion

Applying filters, blend modes, and masks

Integrating audio and video

Using ActionScript code snippets

Configuring SWF and HTML publish settings

Publishing with AIR

Skill Level Beginner

8h 2m

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- [Voiceover] Hi, I'm Anastasia McCuneand welcome to Flash Professional CS6 Essential Training.In this course, I'll start by showing youhow to navigate around in Flashand utilize parts of the interface like the stage,library, and the timeline.Then I'll show you how to import artwork into Flashas well as create and manipulate some of your ownusing the drawing tools.We'll see how to create simple animation using motion,shape, and IK tweening.I'll also show you how to incorporate audioand video into Flash,as well as interactive controlssuch as buttons and simple action script.

Finally, I'll demonstrate publishing your files forbrowser, desktop, or mobile deployment.Throughout the course you'll see the series of animalsdrawn by one of the art studentsand a solar powered house outfitted by the energy company.We'll be covering all the aforementioned featuresplus plenty of techniques and best practicesso you can create your own interactive,compelling content in Flash.So let's get started with Flash ProfessionalCS6 Essential Training.